Alleged gang member held in friend's death

MOUNTAIN VIEW

Published 4:00 am, Tuesday, September 25, 2007

An alleged member of a gang has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting a friend over the weekend - Mountain View's first homicide in two years, police said today.

Marco Jauregui, 25, was arrested at a relative's Milpitas home late Sunday and booked on suspicion of murder in the weekend slaying of his friend, Rene Escalante, 24, said Mountain View police spokeswoman Liz Wylie.

Police said Jauregui and Escalante were walking through Whisman Park on the 300 block of Easy Street when the suspect suddenly shot Escalante several times at 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Escalante was pronounced dead at Stanford Medical Center.

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